acme

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period.
    — The Latin tong, euen whan it was, as the Grecians say, in ακμη, that is, at the hiest pitch of all perfitenesse.
  2. A paragon: a person or thing representing such a high point.
    — The few words of advice she gave him as to escaping political embarrassments, struck him as the acme of wisdom, and as indicating an interest in his well-being of the kindest description;...
  3. Full bloom or reproductive maturity. rare
    — He must be one that can instruct your youth, And keep your acme in the state of truth
  4. Sexual orgasm. euphemistic
    — [He] then holds back his own climax for another ten or fifteen minutes of active copulation until his mate signals him that she is about to reach her acme; then they both ecstatically erupt together.
  5. Synonym of crisis, the decisive moment in the course of an illness.
  6. Alternative letter-case form of Acme, particularly as a threading format. alt-of

词形变化

acmes plural achma alternative,obsolete acmè alternative,obsolete akme alternative,obsolete achme alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
acmatic acmic synacme

词源

Directly borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκμή (akmḗ, “point, high point”).
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